York's Logos Academy names a new leader

Aaron Anderson will lead the private school as it works to expand its reach

Aaron Anderson, center, will become CEO/Head of School at Logos Academy on July 1. He and his wife, Gail, have six children, four of whom attend Logos Academy. The kids, clockwise from right, are: David, Ellis, Luke, Amelia, Emily and Wesley, sitting in Gail's lap. (Submitted)

Logos Academy is bringing on a familiar face in a leadership role as the private school works to expand its reach in the York community.

The school's board recently named Aaron Anderson, a York pastor and community leader, as its new CEO/Head of School, effective July 1. He's been serving as an interim transition leader for the school for about two months.

City Church, which Anderson founded in 2009, has met at Logos for the past three years. Anderson said there was a nice overlap in the organizations' missions, and both involved him in trying to have a positive impact on the community. Four of his six children attend Logos, where Anderson has also served on the board.

"It was just a really unique coming together, an opportunity to lead Logos into the future. The school is in a phase now where it's growing significantly," he said, adding that it's exciting to see where the school is heading.

Logos served kindergarten through 11th grades last year and will have its first senior class next year. The school is in its fifth year of adding additional classrooms in the lower grades, so that the school will have two classrooms each in kindergarten through fourth grade. Logos is expected to have about 270 students next year, and Anderson said that number should grow to about 468 students by the time the school has two classrooms at every grade level.

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More than 80 percent of students receive some kind of scholarship, according to Brooke Say, the board's president.

Anderson said that when people think of great schools in York County, he wants Logos to be at the top of their list.

"We provide a really unique blend of being a school that's faith-based, Christ-centered, yet we're really open to anyone enrolling," he said, adding that the school is "intentionally intercultural."

Traci Foster, co-founder of the school, said that the school's vision - to provide an education for all socioeconomic levels and as many different races and cultures as they can - is important to her, and Anderson is passionate about that.

"He sees the value of that and the richness of that and the justice of that," she said.

Say said Anderson's dual titles reflect that, "We're thinking a bit more globally with regards to Logos," and that Anderson's reach will be broader than at a traditional private school.

Anderson will also oversee Logos Enterprises, a low-profit, limited-liability company that provides employment opportunities to students' family members and community members. The company runs Logos' food service program and does catering, according to Say, and it could expand to job training in other areas like manufacturing someday.

That company also helps to enable the school to be more sustainable, she said.

Say said Anderson has a "great dynamic with pretty much anyone" and already has established relationships in the city.

"He's an entrepreneur at heart," she said, noting that he started City Church with "next to nothing" and so the board believes he can take Logos to its next step.

Anderson replaces Jason Lewis, who left as head of school a few months ago, according to Say.

Contact Angie Mason at 771-2048.

Name: Aaron Anderson

Residence: York

Family: Wife, Gail, and six children

Other work: Founded City Church, where he has served as pastor since 2009; serves on the York City Redevelopment Authority and on the YMCA's board of directors; served on the board for Prevent Child Abuse PA